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http://ptjournal.apta.org/content/89/12/1275.full.pdf+html

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*Discussing the research topic with Aim/hypothesis of article
*Describing the authors reasons for conducting the study
*Identifying the broad research strategy adopted with Justification (whether non-experimental, true experimental or quasi-experimental)
* Identifying- what sampling method was adopted to select a sample
- What allocation method was adopted/ is a control group used
- Whether blinding (single or double) was used?
- What data collection methods/tools are used?
- Any descriptive statistics/ inferential statistics

*summarising the findings with reference to numerical/statistical values (P-values)

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Summary of the research article "Motor Control Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial."

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Author Response. By: Costa, Leonardo O. P.; Maher, Christopher G.; Latimer, Jane; Hodges, Paul W.; Herbert, Robert D.; Refshauge, Kathryn M.; McAuley, James H.; Jennings, Matthew D. Physical Therapy. Dec2009, Vol. 89 Issue 12, p1289-1291. 3p

*Discussing the research topic with Aim/hypothesis of article

The study was placated upon the hypothesis that the use of a placebo-control design would provide less biased estimates of Motor Control Exercise treatment effects for sufferers of chronic low back pain. The hypothesis is that the use of the randomized placebo controlled trial is the most effective design for controlling multiple sources of bias, which will lead to estimates of effect from the study conducted by the researchers being accurate.

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